James Allen, the man wanted in connection with two murders in Middlesbrough and North Yorkshire, has been urged to give himself up or risk 'suffering the consequences', detectives leading the hunt have said.

Draws for major football tournaments have never made great viewing but that has never stopped TV companies covering them or, indeed, people tuning in. On Tuesday BBC2 brought us the Olympic football version.

Today's dramatic siege on Tottenham Court Road was a lot of things - exciting, concerning and, ultimately, fortunate. No one died. Indeed, it seems everything was resolved in about as peaceful a way as is possible when you have a load of masked sharpshooters in position ready to ease their finger off the trigger at the slightest sign of danger.

THE best games of football look logic in the face and laugh. Sure, in an ideal world we would all love to see Barcelona’s 2011 vintage take on Brazil’s 1970 World Cup winners on a sunny day at Wembley but the truth is the best games don’t always involve the best teams winning, and rarely follow the formbook.

The Netherlands are set to ban tourists from visiting cannabis cafes from next month under a new ruling upheld by the Dutch courts this week. Here's a playlist to soothe the pain for all those stressed out coffee shop owners.